BIG SKY, Mont. – As the eleven-time PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Event of the Year, Big Sky PBR, continued Friday evening in Montana, Brady Fielder (Clermont, Queensland, Australia) continued to dominant tying for the round win alongside Kyler Oliver (Roy, Utah).
Fielder, who rides for the Texas Rattlers in the separate PBR Teams league, again finished atop the round leaderboard, this time courtesy of an 87.5-point ride on BuzzBallz (BuzzBallz LLC/McCoy Rodeo).
For Oliver, he rebounded from a 3.25-second buckoff on PIF (McCoy Rodeo/Spencer Neil/Lopez) in Round 1, by besting Jonah Hex (McCoy Rodeo/Gold Bucking Bulls) for 87.5 points. Courtesy of the score, Oliver catapulted to sixth in the event standings.
Both Fielder and the Oklahoma Wildcatters’ Oliver earned 23 points in the race for the 2025 PBR Challenger Series Championship, in addition to a shot at the evening’s $15,000 bounty bull.
Oliver capitalized on the opportunity, conquering Big Mac (McCoy Rodeo/Phil Dahl) for 88 points, while Fielder stumbled, bucking off Outlaw (Big Sky Bulls, LLC/McCoy Rodeo) in 2.12 seconds.
Despite his buckoff in his Bounty Bull matchup, Fielder remains atop the Big Sky PBR event leaderboard as one of five riders to be a perfect 2-for-2 thus far.
Fielder is joined by second-place Alan de Souza (Tremembe, Brazil), third-place Junior Patrik Souza (Pedro Gomes, Brazil), fourth-place Paulo Eduardo Rossetto (Colorado, Brazil) and fifth-place Daniel Keeping (Montague, Texas).
In Round 2, the Nashville Stampede’s Alan de Souza tied for third, riding Uncle Jim (McCoy Rodeo/The Waddell Family) for 86 points, 2021 Big Sky PBR winner Junior Patrik Souza was ninth, besting Chili Mango (BuzzBallz LLC./McCoy Rodeo) for 82.5 points, the Missouri Thunder’s Rossetto tied for seventh, topping Black Fury (McCoy Rodeo/Gold Bucking Bulls) for 84.5 points, and the Texas Rattlers’ Keeping was eleventh, declining a re-ride opportunity after riding Jojo (McCoy Rodeo/Gold Bucking Bulls) for 77.5 points.
On Friday evening, eleven riders made the requisite 8 in Round 2.
Following Fielder and Oliver who tied for first, Texas Rattler Macaulie Leather (Calliope, Queensland, Australia) split third-place with Alan de Souza.
Leather was marked a matching 86 points on Big Dawg (McCoy Rodeo/Thomas Lee Group) to net 16.5 Challenger Global points.
Nashville Stampede’s Vitor Losnake (Piratininga, Brazil) was fifth.
Losnake’s 85.5-point ride atop Peyton’s Daddy (McCoy Rodeo/Big Sky Events) earned him 15 Challenger Global points.
The additional riders who converted were: Texas Rattler Vinicius Rodrigues Pereira (Itapagipe, Brazil), Texas Rattler Ezekiel Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas) and Alex Junior da Silva (Bom Jesus da Penha, Brazil).
Action for Big Sky PBR concludes Saturday, July 19 at 7 p.m. MT.
PBR Challenger Series Big Sky PBR Big Sky Town Center – Big Sky, Montana
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Round 4-Round 5-Round 6-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Brady Fielder, 87-0-87.5-0-0-0-174.50-51 Points.
2. Alan de Souza, 81.5-0-86-0-0-0-167.50-30 Points.
3. Junior Patrik Souza, 84-0-82.5-0-0-0-166.50-28 Points.
4. Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, 79-0-84.5-0-0-0-163.50-22.5 Points.
5. Daniel Keeping, 85.5-0-77.5-0-0-0-163.00-19 Points.
6. Kyler Oliver, 0-0-87.5-88-0-0-87.50-23 Points.
7. Macaulie Leather, 0-0-86-0-0-0-86.00-16.5 Points.
8. Vitor Losnake, 0-0-85.5-0-0-0-85.50-15 Points.
9. Vinicius Rodrigues Pereira, 0-0-85-0-0-0-85.00-14 Points.
10. Ezekiel Mitchell, 0-0-84.5-0-0-0-84.50-12.5 Points.
11. Andrew Alvidrez, 82.5-0-0-0-0-0-82.50-16 Points.
12. Callum Miller, 82-0-0-0-0-0-82.00-15 Points.
13. Alex Junior da Silva, 0-0-81.5-0-0-0-81.50-10 Points.
(tie). Brady Turgeon, 81.5-0-0-0-0-0-81.50-13.5 Points.
15. Trace Redd, 81-0-0-0-0-0-81.00-4 Points.
16. Alex Cerqueira, 74-0-0-0-0-0-74.00-2 Points.
Braidy Randolph, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Michael Lane, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Gavin Knutson, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Ednélio Almeida, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Alex Jenks, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Jett Harkins, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Dalton Rudman, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Dustin Herman, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Chase Wimer, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Claudio Montanha Jr., 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Brandon Chambers, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Keyshawn Whitehorse, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Luciano De Castro, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Rogers, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Bruno Carvalho, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Eduardo Aparecido, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Briggs Madsen, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Cole Trivette, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Dawson Branton, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Carlos Garcia, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Aaron Williams, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Alisson De Souza, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
João Ricardo Vieira, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
JaCauy Hale, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0.00
Photo courtesy of Outlaw Partners